Microsoft is keeping its Paint app after an outpouring of fan support
MICROSOFT Paint isn’t going anywhere after all.
After an outcry of long-time aspiring digital artists, Microsoft said it would not discontinue the classic app. Instead, the company said an app version would be available in the Windows store.
“MS Paint is not going away,” Calli Rose, Microsoft spokesperson said in an email. “In addition to the new 3D capabilities, many of the MS Paint features people know and love like photo editing and 2D creation are in Paint 3D—the new app for creativity, available for free with the Windows 10 Creators Update. In the future, we will offer MS Paint in the Windows Store also for free and continue to provide new updates and experiences to Paint 3D so people have the best creative tools all in one place.”
The reversal came after word spread that Microsoft planned to push Paint out of its software picture, putting it on a list of “deprecated” features that would be included in the company’s Windows 10 Fall Creators Update, set to be released this autumn.
Microsoft later published a blog post saying the outcry of fan support led the company to change its mind on Paint.
“Today, we’ve seen an incredible outpouring of support and nostalgia around MS Paint,” Microsoft said in its blog post. “If there’s anything we learned, it’s that after 32 years, MS Paint has a lot of fans. It’s been amazing to see so much love for our trusty old app.”